EPA has found problems with ground water in Wyoming hydraulic fracking technique.

Besides groundwater pollution there is visual pollution.  That is ugly compared to the landscape in the background. 
"W"hy?

...A U.S. (click title to entry - thank you) Environmental Protection Agency draft finding that it may have detected groundwater pollution resulting from a controversial technique that plays a huge role in modern oil and gas development isn't settled science yet...

This has absolutely nothing to do with politics.  The petroleum industry was turned loose by the Bush/Cheney regime to carry out any type of invasive extraction of oil and gas without any envronmental controls.  I want the petroleum industry to tell American this is a surprise.  It isn't and the industry knows it isn't.  It is the crudest industry on the face of the Earth and they are destroying the balance of the troposphere besides.

The petroleum industry is about punching holes in the land and allowing noxious chemicals rise to the surface.  There is no high level technology, the industry has more problems than a bus load of pregnant nuns and it always has.

Give me a break, we heard words like, "Junk Shot" and "Top Hat."  What was so difficult in developing a bulk head for the Macondo well?  That technology should have been in place a long time ago before offshore drilling was ever permitted in USA waters.  Now, the American people are supposed to believe the science behind hydraulic fracturing is as sophisticated and careful as it comes.  I don't think so.  There is no sound science behind the technology and the industry has covered it up with Public Relation campaigns that lie and deceive because they can so long as everyone is kept naive.

This is sound evidence to the negligent and greed driven directives of the petroleum industry.  Measurements DON'T LIE even though the industry does.  Now an entire aquifer is contaminated, how wonderful it that?

Gas-Fracking Chemicals Detected in Wyoming Aquifer, EPA Says (click here)

Dec 8, 2011 3:50 PM ET By Jim Efstathiou Jr.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said for the first time it found chemicals used in extracting natural gas through hydraulic fracturing in a drinking-water aquifer in west-central Wyoming.

Samples taken from two deep water-monitoring wells near a gas field in Pavillion, Wyoming, showed synthetic chemicals such as glycols and alcohols “consistent with gas production and hydraulic-fracturing fluids,” the agency said today in an e- mailed statement....

So, now what exactly is in the aquifer now?

Ethylene glycol

Prevents scale deposits in the fracking pipe - Used in Automotive antifreeze, household cleansers, deicing, and caulk.

I put that in my coffee everyday.  Only trace amounts though so it keeps my pipes clean.

Isopropanol

Used to increase the viscosity\of the fracture fluid - Used in glass cleaner, antiperspirant, and hair color

Proppant

Allows the fissures to remain open so the gas can escape - Used in drinking water filtration and play sand

Sodium or potassium carbonate

Maintains the effectiveness of other components, such as cross linkers - Used in washing soda, detergents, soap, water softener, glass and ceramics

Ammonium bisulfite

Removes oxygen from the water to protect the pipe from corrosion - Used in cosmetics, food and beverage processing, water treatment. 

After all who needs oxygen in the water?  H2O.  Yeah.  Anyone ever test this mess as a mixture to find out what THE MIXTURE does to the human body?  This is highly organic compounds.  I guarantee if these chemicals were introduced on a regular basis in combination as they are found in ground water after fracking it would result in some very sick people.  I do believe there are incidents 'on the books' already in regard to deteriorated health conditions.  That is what this does.  The chemicals interact with body chemistry and eventually kills people.  It sure as heck doesn't improve longevity.

Potassium chloride

Creates a brine carrier fluid - Used in low sodium table salt substitute

Potassium chloride is not a benign agent in the body.  High levels of potassium is very dangerous.  So, while table salt substitute is used as a food product, high amounts of it is not good for human nervous system, especially the heart conduction pathways.  The part that generates the heart beat.

Citric Acid

Prevents precipitation of metal oxides - used as food additive; food and beverages; lemon juice

Guar gum

Thickens the water to suspend the sand - Used as thickener used in cosmetics, baked goods, ice cream, toothpaste, sauces, and salad dressing

Yuck.

Petroleum Distilates

“Slicks” the water to minimize friction - Used in make-up remover, laxatives, and candy

Oh, yum-yum, just what I wanted in my water, more petroelum distillates.

The toxicity of petroleum distillates (click here) and other hydrocarbons affects the respiratory system. Aspiration of small amounts of these chemicals directly into the lung, or into the lung during vomiting of an ingested chemical, can cause chemical pneumonia, pulmonary damage, and death. Petroleum distillates with low viscosity, such as gasoline, kerosene, and mineral seal oil, possess the greatest potential for aspiration.

All household products that contain 10 percent or more of petroleum distillates, or benzene, toluene, xylene, or turpentine, are required to have hazard warnings by regulations under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act.

Borate salts

Maintains fluid viscosity as temperature increases - Used in laundry detergents, hand soaps and cosmetics

Polyacrylamide

Minimizes friction between fluid and pipe - Used in water treatment, soil conditioner

I don't like it in my water treatment either. 

Sodium Chloride

Allows a delayed break down of the gel polymer chains - It is table salt.

Heart condition suffers beware of the water.
　
N, n-Dimethyl formamide

Prevents the corrosion of the pipe - Used in pharmaceuticals, acrylic fibers and plastics

Glutaraldehyde

Eliminates bacteria in the water - Used as disinfectant; sterilizer for medical and dental equipment

And last but not least, the chemicalS that make fracking possible.  It DISSOLVES the rock and releases the methane.

  

Acids 
Helps dissolve minerals and initiate presssure in rock (pre-fracture)  - Used in swimming pool cleaner

There is nothing benevolent about these chemicals.  It is a known fact when they are in the drinking water people suffer a great deal after the water has been ingested.  They are long term health issues and they can be fatal.  The petroleum industry likes to point to OTHER USES of these chemicals in products most Americans can relate to, but, the DOSAGE over time is the problem.  They are all dangerous in the repeated expose to THE INSIDE of the body.